The album, which was out of print, was again available on CD, vinyl and, for the first time, in digital format. The special reissue package includes three never-before-released songs from the original recording sessions: "Ant in Alaska", "Say You", and an untitled instrumental with Phair on guitar (commonly known as "Standing"). An Exile-session recording of Phair's version of "Wild Thing" (based on the melody of The Troggs

The Troggs

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 song) was planned for inclusion but dropped at the last moment. Phair also completed a new, 60-minute DVD, entitled "Guyville Redux", for the reissue.

In "Guyville Redux", which features an introduction by Dave Matthews

Dave Matthews

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 (founder and co-owner of ATO Records

ATO Records

According to Our Records was founded in early 2000 by Dave Matthews , Coran Capshaw, Chris Tetzeli, and Michael McDonald as a division of RCA Records...

), Phair and the "guys of Guyville" recount the making of the album, the male-dominated, Chicago

Chicago

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 independent music scene of the early 1990s (which included Urge Overkill

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, Material Issue

Material Issue

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, and Smashing Pumpkins), and the Wicker Park

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 neighborhood. Phair interviews Gerard Cosloy

Gerard Cosloy

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 and Chris Lombardi of Matador Records

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, which originally released the record, indie producer Steve Albini

Steve Albini

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, Ira Glass

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 of NPR

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's This American Life

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, John Henderson of the indie label Feel Good All Over, Brad Wood

Brad Wood

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 (who produced the album), John Cusack

John Cusack

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 (who founded the Chicago avant-garde theater group New Crime Productions), Urge Overkill

Urge Overkill

Urge Overkill is an alternative rock band, formed in Chicago, United States, consisting of Nash Kato , and Eddie "King" Roeser . Their cover of Neil Diamond's song "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" appeared prominently in the movie Pulp Fiction, and became a hit in 1994...

, and more.

The special reissue was released on June 24, 2008 in the United States

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 and on August 25, 2008 in the United Kingdom

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.

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Liz Phair, except where noted.

1. "6'1"" – 3:05
2. "Help Me Mary" – 2:16
3. "Glory" – 1:29
4. "Dance of the Seven Veils" – 2:29
5. "Never Said" – 3:16
6. "Soap Star Joe" – 2:44
7. "Explain It to Me" – 3:11
8. "Canary" – 3:19
9. "Mesmerizing" – 3:55
10. "Fuck and Run" – 3:07
11. "Girls! Girls! Girls!" – 2:20
12. "Divorce Song" – 3:20
13. "Shatter" – 5:28
14. "Flower
    Flower (Liz Phair song)
    "Flower" is a song by American singer-songwriter Liz Phair from her 1993 debut album Exile in Guyville. The song first appeared on one of her Girly Sound tapes. The song was later covered by Pansy Division on their 1995 album Pile Up.- Music :...
    
    " – 2:03
15. "Johnny Sunshine" – 3:27
16. "Gunshy" – 3:15
17. "Stratford-On-Guy" – 2:59
18. "Strange Loop" – 3:57

2008 Reissue (ATO Records)

19. "Ant in Alaska" - 5:48 (previously unreleased)
20. "Say You" - 3:25 (Lynn Taitt
    Lynn Taitt
    Lynn Taitt was a reggae guitarist born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, closely associated with Jamaican rocksteady music.-Biography:...
    
     & The Jets cover) (previously unreleased) (Lynn Taitt)
21. "Instrumental" - 3:29 (a.k.a. "Standing") (previously unreleased)

2008 Advance Promo (ATO Records)

21. "Wild Thing" - 2:18 (previously unreleased Exile outtake)
22. "Instrumentals" - 1:15 (previously unreleased Exile session)

Personnel

• Liz Phair
  Liz Phair
  Phair's entry into the music industry began when she met guitarist Chris Brokaw, a member of the band Come. Brokaw and Phair moved to San Francisco together, and Phair tried to become an artist there...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
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  , piano
  Piano
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  , vocals
  Singing
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• Casey Rice - guitar, cymbal
  Cymbal
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  s, background vocals, handclapping
• Brad Wood
  Brad Wood
  Brad Wood is a record producer from Rockford, Illinois. He served as a drummer for the band Shrimp Boat. Brad records, mixes and produces records and is based in Los Angeles, California. He began his career in earnest in 1988 with the construction of Idful Music Corporation- a recording studio in...
  
   - organ
  Organ (music)
  The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
  
  , synthesizer
  Synthesizer
  A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
  
  , bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , guitar, percussion
  Percussion instrument
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  , bongos
  Bongo drum
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  , drums
  Drum kit
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  , background vocals, drones, feedback
• Tony Marlotti - bass
• John Casey - harp

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1993	Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Heatseekers	12
1994	The Billboard 200	196

Certifications

Organization	Level	Date
RIAA – U.S.	Gold	May 6, 1998

External links

• October 6, 2008 NPR Live Performance in Los Angeles of 'Exile in Guyville'